Health and Medicine

This subject area encompasses research and studies in the field of human medicine.

Among the wide-ranging list of topics covered here are anesthesiology, anatomy, surgery, human genetics, hygiene and environmental medicine, internal medicine, neurology, pharmacology, physiology, urology and dental medicine.

New therapeutic approach for the treatment of neuroblastoma in young children

Neuroblastomas are tumors of the nervous system. They can form in many places in the body and are the most common cause of cancer-related deaths in young children. A team…

Protection for cancer patients

Tübingen T-cell activator offers protection against coronaviruses in immunocompromised patients. Good news for patients with acquired or congenital immunodeficiency: The results of a clinical phase II study at the University…

More impact against cancer

MHH molecular physician Professor Dr. Dr. Schambach wants to use genetically modified natural killer cells to find new therapeutic options against three particularly malignant cancers. The EU is funding the…

Adrenocortical carcinoma: No mitotane for low risk of recurrence

In the ADIUVO clinical trial, Professors of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology Massimo Terzolo (University of Turin, Italy) and Martin Fassnacht (University of Würzburg) and their teams were able to demonstrate…

Multiple sclerosis: New approach for repairing damaged nerve sheaths

In MS patients, misdirected immune cells damage the sheaths of the nerve cells in the brain. Researchers at the MHH have discovered a mechanism by which these can be repaired…

Researchers decode new antibiotic

Cooperation between the University of Bonn, the USA and the Netherlands cracks the mode of action of clovibactin. More and more bacterial pathogens are developing resistance. There is an increasing…

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